Ranil Wickremesinghe (Sinhala: රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ; Tamil: ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the ninth President...

country’s history and was held on 21 September 2024. Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first...

Maithree Wickremesinghe (Sinhala: මෛත්‍රී වික්‍රමසිංහ; born 11 August 1964) is the former First Lady of Sri Lanka as the wife of President Ranil Wickremesinghe...

UNP Ranil Wickremesinghe. Wickremesinghe was born to Cyril Leonard Wickremesinghe, CMG of the Ceylon Civil Service and Esmie Moonemalle Wickremesinghe (née...

Maithripala Sirisena, dismissing incumbent prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Wickremesinghe refused to accept the dismissal stating that it was unconstitutional...

Freedom Alliance withdrew from the unity government. The incumbent, Ranil Wickremesinghe, refused to accept his dismissal, stating that it was unconstitutional...

The Wickremesinghe cabinet was the central government of Sri Lanka led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. It was formed in July 2022, following the resignation...

again from 2022 to 2024. The UNP has been led by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe since 1994. The party is a member of the International Democracy...

referring to the rebel LTTE's terrorism. In 2016, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the leader of the United National Party apologized for the burning...

president, while Mahinda Rajapaksa also stepped down as prime minister. Ranil Wickremesinghe was first appointed as prime minister and later became the acting...

younger brothers – Ranil Wickremesinghe, Niraj Wickremesinghe, Channa Wickremesinghe and one younger sister, Kshanika Wickremesinghe. His uncle Lakshman...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned amidst the ongoing economic crisis and Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as his successor. In 2024, Gunawardena resigned. Gunawardena...

Parliament on 19 July in advance of the election the following day. Ranil Wickremesinghe won the election with 134 votes and was elected as the ninth President...

protesters seized his home and office, and appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president while he is overseas. Marian, Teena (14 July...

Minister of Health under the premiership of Ranil Wickremesinghe in 2001 and remained until 2004 when the Wickremesinghe government was dissolved by President...

Congress (1) and Eelam People's Democratic Party (1). Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the UNFGG and UNP, was able to form a national government...

elections scheduled on 14 November. Dissanayake was highly critical of the Wickremesinghe government and the International Monetary Fund, claiming that the IMF...

operation in the Red Sea against attacks by Houthi rebels. President Ranil Wickremesinghe and other government officials defend this decision. 13 January –...

presidential election. 6 September – Prime Minister and the leader of UNP Ranil Wickremesinghe reportedly expresses his intentions to be the presidential candidate...

amendment, re-instate the seventeenth amendment and appoint UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister. He later was reported to have publicly disavowed...

The inauguration of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the 8th executive president of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka took place on Thursday, 21 July...

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On 20 November, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had agreed to resign for Rajapaksa to form a caretaker government...

Ranil may refer to Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Jayawardena, Sri Lankan British Politician Ranil Abeynaike, Sri Lankan cricketer...

Lankan politician and currently the Senior advisor to president Ranil Wickremesinghe on Climate change. He was the former State Minister of Defence and...

being postponed again several times by the government of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Currently, there is no official date scheduled for the elections...

prime ministers have gone on to become president of the country. Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as prime minister the most times in the country's...

July 20, 2022, Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as the ninth President via a parliamentarian election. President Ranil Wickremesinghe was defeated by...

elite" families joined the ISIL. On 25 April 2019, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe revealed that the government had known of the Sri Lankan nationals...

resigning after instigating violence against peaceful protests. Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the new prime minister on 12 May. Eventually, protests...

the United National Front led to Sirisena appointing UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as his prime minister, the day Sirisena was elected president. On...